Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of articles on criticism in Wikipedia


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was categorize, everything seems to have been added to Category:Criticisms already, a particularly dedicated editor might do a prefix search for every article starting with "Criticism" to make sure the category is complete. W.marsh 20:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

List of articles on criticism in Wikipedia

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I just discovered an entry in the article namespace named "List of criticisms articles." Every entry in the article namespace must qualify as a self-standing encyclopedic entry, and thus satisfy article naming conventions. So I moved "List of criticisms articles" to "List of articles on criticism in Wikipedia" a few minutes ago.

Note in the Wikipedia namespace there is a section entitled Criticism.

Was I correct in moving the entry, or should I have followed the procedure for speedy deletion? In my years of making editorial and administrative decisions on Wikipedia, I'm not usually so stumped. So I'm going here for feedback, even though my position so far is neutral. 172 | Talk 05:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment. The moved name makes the article a self reference. This list is missing a number of WP articles, such as Criticism of the BBC, but if the AfD is merely to determine a better name for the article, wouldn't the article talk page be a more appropriate place? Gimmetrow 06:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not listing it here to get suggestions on a new title, but to find out whether or not the article should be deleted. 172 | Talk 09:19, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What, then, is your argument for deletion? Gimmetrow 13:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Why do I have to have a position? On one hand, the content is currently more relevant to the project namespace than the main namespace. On the other hand, there are many articles related to Wikipedia. Maybe the original author (User:J.J.) intended to start an article complimenting coverage in the Wikipedia entry on organization of the encyclopedia? I don't know. I lean delete/merge; but I won't lose sleep if other users here want to act differently. 172 | Talk 07:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge/move to project space, where it should find a good home. Too self-referential. MER-C 06:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Categorify with Category:Criticisms. I don't see what purpose this list serves that categories cannot. Pomte 07:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete (but would not oppose Categorize) The article does not define its boundaries so it becomes meaningless. Jeepday 14:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Categorise article under criticism category. That will solve everything. Terence Ong 18:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if its good enough for a category.....Jcuk 23:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Move to the project space. It is too self-referential for the mainspace, but the sections in the page provide an added valid that will be lost if it is categorized.-- danntm T C 00:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. This list essentially already exists in project space as List of POV forks. I wouldn't be opposed to merging the content there. Gimmetrow 00:17, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: this was listed in the "places and transportation" AfD category. Changing to "indiscernable and unclassifiable". Also listing on WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists. Gimmetrow 00:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * delete categorify, no need for a list as we don't need to encourage these articles with redlinks. (this is usual purpose of list duplicating a cat, it has the as yet unwritten articles) note also, 1) List of POV forks is a project namespace list of allegations of pov forking 2) difference between Category:Criticism & Category:Criticisms 3) AFD not for naming discussions, move can be discussed made after afd completed if it survives (please don't do it now, will be confusing) &rArr; bsnowball  08:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge but do NOT delete please, this overview is interesting enough LHOON 11:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge/Move to project space. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 20:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.